BOARD OF TRADE OF CITY OF CHICAGO v. HAMMOND ELEVATOR COMPANY (1905)

BOARD OF TRADE OF CITY OF CHICAGO v. HAMMOND ELEVATOR COMPANY
	Term: 1904
Important Dates
	Argued: April 13, 1905
	Decided: May 29, 1905
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan

BOARD OF TRADE OF CITY OF CHICAGO v. HAMMOND ELEVATOR COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1905. The case was argued before the court on April 13, 1905.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 198 U.S. 424
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Henry Billings Brown

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.